We use cookies to customise content for your subscription and for analytics.
If you continue to browse Lexology, we will assume that you are happy to receive all our cookies. For further information please read our Cookie Policy.
Lexology logo
  Request new password

Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 1-10 of 10

Middle east update - July 2012

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Turkey, United Arab Emirates
  • -
  • July 17 2012

This Update is produced on a monthly basis

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

The expansion of EU sanctions

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • Belarus, European Union, Iran, Syria, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 28 2012

Recent weeks have seen an expansion of EU sanctions in relation to Iran, Syria and Belarus

New EU Syria sanctions come into force

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • European Union, Syria
  • -
  • January 24 2012

The EU has implemented new sanctions against Syria, as set out in Regulation 362012 repealing and replacing the existing sanctions regime

China and the United States convene 22nd session of JCCT

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • January 10 2012

On November 20 21, 2011, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, US Secretary of Commerce John Bryson and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, co-chaired the 22nd session of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade meeting in Chengdu, China

DOJ’s recent trend of prosecuting individuals for FCPA violations continues with longer prison sentences and increased fines

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2011

The longest prison term ever imposed in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) case -- fifteen years -- was recently given to Joel Esquenazi, former president of Terra Telecommunications Corporation, after a jury convicted him under the FCPA for bribes paid to officials at Haiti Teleco, a state-owned telecommunications agency

Emergency Information Access Act to be introduced

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 21 2011

Senator Jim Whelan announced plans to introduce legislation that would improve communication between utility providers, municipalities, the state and consumers during major catastrophic events including hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, heat waves and snow and ice storms that cause service interruptions

Noteworthy cases in the United States Supreme Court’s 2011 term

  • Larkin Hoffman
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2011

The first Monday in October represents the start of a new term for the United States Supreme Court

EU political update 11 - 15 July 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • July 11 2011

On 6 July 2011, the Commission presented a proposal aiming to provide a longterm solution to the cost associated with using mobile devices while travelling throughout the EU

The D.C. update

  • Locke Lord LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 30 2010

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) passed away Monday, June 28, after a serious illness